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UNITED sTAJTEs PATENT oEEioE.

RUFUS PORTER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

ELIND-EASTENVING.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, RUEUs PORTER, ofWashington, in the `District of Columbia, have `invented anew and usefulImprovement in Window Blind or- Shutter Fastenings; and I hereby declarethat the following is a full and eXact description, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which-Figure l represents the plate or blank of one of the sliding` catches;Fig. 2 .is a perspective view of a sliding catch with its connectingstaples, and the hook by which it is held in its open position; Fig. 3is a front view of a sliding catch withfits spring and its connections;and Fig. t is a vertical View of a pair of sliding plates or catches,one in its closed position, and the other open; the bottom of a window,and portion of a house being designated by dotted lines; also the blindsto which the catches are supposed to be connected.

The nature of this invention consists mainly in so constructing a windowblind fastening that it will become fastened in either an open or closedposition, and whereby the blind when open, may be unfastened and closedwit-hout the usual laborious process of reaching an arm out of thewindow.

The sliding catch A, consists of a single plate of brass or iron, andis! connected to the blind by three staples e e e, two of which areattached to the front, or inside face of the blind, and the other to thebottom thereof; the sliding catch being so bentthat while the mainportion thereof is vertical and in Contact with the face of the blind,the other part which terminates in two lateral catches c o, ishorizontal, and in contact with the bottom thereof. A short groove ismade in the bottom of the blind, to receive the helical spring s, whichis connected to the 23,043, dated February 22, 18159'.

plate at b, while the opposite end, terminating in a straight wire d, isinserted into the bottom of the blind, so as to draw the sliding catchin the direction opposite to that of the hinges. A hook 7L is attachedto the outside of a house and to this hook one of the lateral catchestakes when the blind is thrown back; and a Vertical pin 1 is inserted inthe bottom of the window frame, to which pin the other lateral catchtakes when the blind is closed. The end of the sliding catch nearest thehinged edge of the blind, is bent in the form of a ring n, of aconvenient size to receive the end of a persons finger, whereby, whenthe blind is open, and fastened back, it may be both unfastened andclosed. To prevent the possibility of opening the blinds from theoutside, a pin u may be set behind each lateral catch, as shown in Fig.t. i

In the drawing, Fig. 4, B B designate the bottoms of the blinds; H H,the walls of a house, and Wv the window seat, or bottom of a window.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination of the lateral catcheswith the elevated finger socket the whole consisting of a single platewhich is so formed that while the catch end thereof is horizontal andconstitutes `right and left Catches and is connected to the bottom ofthe shutter, the opposite end is vertical, and is connected to the faceof the shutter at some distance above the bottom thereof, andoonstit-utes a finger socket or hook near the hinged edge of theshutter, to be drawn back by a finger for the purpose of unfastening theshutter (when open) and closing the same, as herein described.

RUFUS PORTER.

Vtnesses:

S. MASTERS, W. M. BRYANT.

